Learned food aversions among cancer chemotherapy patients. Incidence, nature, and clinical implications

Clinical implications of learned food av

Clinical implications of learned food aversions in patients with cancer treated with chemotherapy or radiation therapy

✍ Richard D. Mattes; Walter J. Curran Jr.; Jane Alavi; William Powlis; Richard Whi 📂 Article 📅 1992 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 822 KB

Background. The nutritional implications of learned food aversions were evaluated in patients with newly diagnosed cancer receiving either chemotherapy (n = 53) or radiation therapy (n = 49). Methods. Aversion incidence was determined by questionnaires and a food challenge. Measures of dietary and